Peter Murmann

If McCain comes back to win this election, it will be the story of the year. It seems like the people with the McCain campaign don’t believe in victory anymore. Report by: Jonathan Martin and Mike Allen and John F. Harris (Politico.com) With despair rising even among many of John McCain McCain told the Times that [Read More]

Once again the most useful piece of evaluation of the debate comes from the focus group run for Time.com. Amy Sullivan reports: In politics it is generally not considered a good sign when voters are laughing at you, not with you. And by the end of the third and last presidential debate, the undecided voters [Read More]

McCain has 27 days to find a better way to take on his opponent or he’ll be calling him Mr. President. —John Dickerson in Slate.com Click on more to read the analysis of how undecided voters reacted to the debate. They Liked Him, They Really Liked Him From TIME’s Amy Sullivan: As he did for the first presidential debate, Democratic [Read More]

It is to early to open up the champaign bottles, but at the least the trends is going into the right direction. I am going to buy a good bottle for November 4 and let’s hope the final numbers allow me to drink it.

<!– I did not see this live. But poor Penny Noonan, who initially was shocked by the Palin nomination (Oh, my God, now it is over) wrote this bizarre endorsement/non-endorsement of Palin. Palin the Populist Joe Biden was no match for “Joe Six-Pack.” By PEGGY NOONAN She killed. She had him at “Nice to meet you. Hey, can I call [Read More]

To test the picture quality of a Blue-Ray high definition TV video disc, I watched 3:10 to Yuma. This western, starring Russel Crow and Christian Bale, has beautiful landscape photography that is much sharper on Blue-Ray than anything I have seen on TV before. The film itself was pretty mediocre except for the last [Read More]

I thought that McCain was very weak during the Republican convention. He exceeded my expectation today. He was quite good in separating himself from Bush. I don’t agree with McCain and I want Obama to win the presidency. But today’s debate was a tie in my view. Once again MCain proved that he can speak [Read More]

I don’t remember a time in my life time were a non-violent event caused so dramatic a situation as the financial crisis that is unfolding in the U.S. right now. Mickey Kaus captures well on Slate.com the fickleness of John McCain: Drama Queen: No convention today! … OK, it’s on! … The economy’s sound… No, [Read More]

The best details from Barton Gellman’s new book on the vice president. By Juliet Lapidos (Slate.com) It’s often said on late-night TV that given Dick Cheney’s cardiovascular problems, George W. Bush is just a heartbeat away from the presidency. In his new book, Angler, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Barton Gellman suggests that this joke contains more than just [Read More]